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IKES REPORT OK LUMBER
INDUSTRY IN TRE PHILIPPINE!
H. N. Whltford, chief of the divi
sion of Forest Investigations of tho
Philippine Dureau of Forestry, under
Major George P. Ahern, writes to a
member of tho United States For
est Service that the total amount of
lumber Imported Into tho Philippines
during tho fiscal year ending Juno
30, 1908, was 13,705,828 board feet,
most of which came from tho United
States, and that the lumber exported
during the samo period amounted to
925,000 board feet, mostly to tho
United States, Mr. Whltford says:
"A comparison of these figures
with those of former years found in
the annual reports of this bureau
shows that the trend is toward a de
crease in the imports and an In
crease in exports. Tho Imports have
been mainly Oregon pine which is
being replaced, principally, by red
and white Lauan, woods belonging
to the family "dlpterocarpacea."
While these timbers aro hardwoods
In tho senso that they are broad
leaved and do 'not belong to tho co
nifers, yet In hardness, strength, and
durability, they grade with Oregon
pine, and with the heavier and more
durable apltong, another dlptero
carp, are gradually being substituted
for it.
"This leads to another statement
mt may be of Interest to you. The
nvestigatlons of this bureau show
iaat the great wealth of tho Phlllp-
x plno island forests Is in tho lighter
grades of timber that belong to this
family (dipterocarp. The work of
tho division of forest Investigation
for tho past two years In locating
.arge bodies of timber has convinc
ed us that this Is the fact. From
our experience hero and from sueh
Information as wo can obtain in
directly from India and Borneo, it Is
believed that this Is the case for
tho eastern tropics in general. We
should not bo surprised to find that
it is also truo of South America and
Africa with some other family yield
ing tho softer varieties. If it bo
trJe that tho tropics In general are
rich in woods of the grado of the
'onifcrs as aro tho Philippines, It Is
of great interest to conifer produc
ing countries. It means that they
csn look to tropical regions for sub
stitutes. "Tho prevalent belief that tho tro
pics produce only hardwoods and
that none can replace tho conifers
is duo to a number of reasons:
"First, compared with the hard
woods tho softer qnes yield to the
attacks of tho fungi and white ants
very readily. Destructive agencies
of all kinds aro much stronger in the
tropics than in temperate regions,
hence for permanent construction tho
harder woods aro chosen.
"Second, tho local demand for
cheap construction timbers Is sup
plied principally by bamboo.
"Third, tho difficulty of handling
the logs of tho softer kind without
modorn machinery makes tho expen
ses too great for their oxploitatlon.
Tho much higher prices paid for tho
harder classes offset tho expenso of
exploiting them. With tho Introduc
tion of modern methods of logging
this handicap will bo overcome."
It Is conservatively estimated that
there aro about 1C million acres of
tlmbor In tho Philippines which it Is
possible to export on a largo scale,
and that tho total amount of stand
ing tlmbor on this area Is not less
than 40 billion board feet. These
forests with proper management
should furnish by annual growth a
Bupply of at least 400 million feet
of tlmbor. Tho consumption of saw-
timber in tho Philippines at present
is less than 100 million board feet.
It would bo posslblo for tho Philip
pine forests, therefore, to supply all
tho prosont requirements of tho
homo market with a balanco of 300
million feet left over for export
trado. Continuing, Mr. Whltford,
says:
"It is not at all likely that muoh
of tho hard timbers will bo exported
for the supply Is limited and tho
homo market is strong. This leaves
third and fourth group timbers for
tho export trade. Thoro is no doubt
that a vory largo proportion of this
trade will bo In tho softer varieties
of tho diptcrocarps, viz., tho lauans,
and, tho hard variety, apltong. How
much of this will reach the United
States is questionable, and depends
mainly upon tho cost of production
and transportation. Tho cost of
production with modern methods Is
about tho samo ns In tho United
States, but, at presont tho cost of
transportation is high. Unless this
can bo ovorcomo tho Philippines
must-look to somo nearer markot
than the United States. It is prob
able that China will bo that market.
Howovor, woods like tho better grn-
des of red lauan and the slightly
harder ono known as tangullo have
found a market In the United States
as woods for fine finishing purposes.
Though about equal to Oregon plno
for rough construction, they give a
very flno finish and will probably
rank high in tho United States. How
much of our supply your markot can
consume at high prices, you aro
betjter able to judge than this bureau.
"It may bo well to add that tho
dipterocarp family also produces
woods of very high grade, both in
quality and durability, but the sup
ply of these is limited to the softer
varieties. There is mentioned in this
place yacal and a number of closely
related species. There Is a great
local demand for these."
Tho prevailing prices in gold of
native and imported lumber at Ma
nila range about as follows:
Lauan, ?30 to $40 per thousand
board feet.
Apltong, $35 to $50 per thousand
board feet.
Red Narra, $125 to $150 per thou
sand board feet.
Oregon pine, $30 per thousand
board feet.
California redwood, $47 per thou
sand board feet.
"The lumber industry is mostly In
a primitive condition in the Philip
pines up to the present time, as a
large part of the native timber used
is whip sawn. There are 31 saw
mills in the islands but their total
products does not exceed 250 thou
sand board feet per day. Of this
quantity, tho five mills in Manila
can turn out 90 thousand feet per
day. There are, however, a few
largo operations just being under
taken which indicate the possibility
of lumbering in the Philippines on a
scale comparable to that of many
operations in the United States. A
modorn band sawmill, which is ex
pected to turn out GO thousand board
feet per day, has recently been in
stalled In Negros Occidental. This
mill will cut from a very heavy
stand of timber and it will bo able
to deliver lauan and apltong lumber
in Manila at a lower price than is
received for imported Oregon pine
and California redwood.
"The stumpage prices charged by
the Philippine government are low,
ranging approximately from $1 to
$5 per thousand board feet In gold.
Ono dollar per thousand board feet
is charged for lauan stumpage. For
narra and tho other most valuable
woods tho rate is $5 per thousand
board feet."
A circular recently Issued by the
Philippine bureau of forestry, con
tains tho following statements con
cerning tho manner in which lum
bermen may secure cutting licenses:
"Tho public forests of tho Philip
pines Islands aro not sold, but are
exploited under a license system.
Small cutters generally operate un
der ordinary yearly licenses for de-
flnito small areas. In the caso of
largo operations involving tho in
vestment of considerable capital In
permanent ontorprlses, exclusive li
censes are granted for periods ut)
to twenty years for definite largo
tracts of timber, which licenses aro
practically equivalent to concessions.
"Applications for exclusive li
censes on tracts not exceeding 2,500
acres in area aro forwarded by tho
director of forestry, after duo Inves
tigation, to the Secretary of tho In
terior with recommondation. The
secretary may then grant an exclu
sive Hconso If ho decides that It is
in tho public interest. For an area
of more than 2,500 acres when tho
Secretary of tho Interior is convinc
ed that tho granting of an exclusive
liconso is in the public interest, pro
posals for bids to secure tho said
prlvllego aro published In the Official
Gazette and other newspapers. The
liconso will then bo granted to tho
highest and best bidder whoV offers
to install tho most comploto and ef
ficient plant most promptly and to
do tho greatest amount of annual
development work and who furnishes
tho best bond as a guaranteo of per
formance"
There Is evidently good reason to
think that beforo long tho Philip
pines will becomo tho seat of a com
paratively small but steady and pro
fitable lumber industry which will
supply tho homo market and near-by
forolgn ports, and which will also
send somo of Its most valuable hard
wood products to tho United States.
It Is futilo, however, for this coun
try to look to tho Philippines for any
considerable quantity of tho classes
of timber needed in general con
struction work. Nothing makes this
clearer than tho slmplo stntomont
that tho total estimated stand of
saw-timbor in tho Islands Is no
greater than tho quantity annually
cut for lumber alone In the United
States.
It Is becoming more and more evi
dent that the great bulk of timber
which the United States will use in
tho future must come from its own
forests. In short, that this country
must produce our own timber or do
without It. This Is one renson why
the present movement for the con
servation of our natural resources is
receiving such hearty support from
leading men in every walk of life.
They realize, as did the conference
of governors at the White House In
May, that it Is a subject of trans
cendent importance, and also so far
as timber Is concerned It Is posslblo
by right management to make the
forests of the United States produce
yearly all the timber wo really
need. To bring our forests up to
this point, however, is a task of such
magnitude that It will require years
of patient effort and heavy expense
on the part of all the large owners
of tlmberland, whether they bo pri
vate individuals, corporations, states,
or tho national government. That
this task will be undertaken and car
ried through, no ono who has faith
In our Institutions and tho destiny
of America can doubt.
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and vicinity who own and control tho capital stock Whoso every
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DIRECTORS.
JOHN S. COKE
STEPHEN C. ROGERS,
HENRY SENGSTACKEN,
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M. C. HORTON, Vico President and Manager.
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Assets Over Half Million Dollars.
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First National Bank, Roseburg Ore., Hanover National Bank, New 2
York, N. M. Rothchild & Son, London, England.
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The Corn Exchango National Bank, Chicago, 111.
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" " The United States National Bank, Portland, Ore.
DraitS The National Park Bank, New York, N. Y.
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Tho Credit Lyonnais, Paris, Franco.
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Doctors.
R, It. J3, GOLDEN
Physician nnd Surgeon
202-03 Coos building.
OfTico hours: 10 to 12 m.
2 to G and 7 to 8 p.m.
Phones:
Office 1051 Residence 2351.
R. A. O. BURROUGHS
Homeopathic Physician
Chronic Diseases a Specialty.
Residence nnd oillcc, comer 'O' and
Second Streets, Marshfleld.
R. GEORGE AV. LESLIE
Osteopathic Physician
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Graduato of American School of Ostcormlhv
KlrksTllle, Mo .
Offlce IIours:-9 a. m. to 4 p m. Other Hours hjX V
Appointmant. Office over First National Bank r- J.
Phone 1011. Marshfleld, Ore.
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Physician nnd Surgcov
Now Flanagan & Bonnott Bank Bldn
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Resldenco Phono 1C5G.
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J. W. INGRAM
Physician nnd Sargeon.
Offlco 20S-200 Coos Building
Phones onico 1G21: Resldenco 1C23
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Iijsiclnn and Surgeon.
Offices second floor of Flanagan &
Bennett Bank Building.
Residence, two blocks north oi
Crystal Theater. Offlco Pbone
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Midwife
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it is also recommended nearly every
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needed. It 13 soothing, cooling and
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I treat chronic diseases. I remove
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blood with Nature's remedies roots
herbs, barks and berries. I also givo
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